Army helicopter crashes in Baghlan

A military helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, killing all eight people on board, officials said. The crash took place on Sunday in Dand-e-Ghori district while the helicopter was supplying a military base. Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghan defense ministry, said that five crew members and three army soldiers were killed in […]

A military helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, killing all eight people on board, officials said.
The crash took place on Sunday in Dand-e-Ghori district while the helicopter was supplying a military base.
Dawlat Waziri, spokesman for the Afghan defense ministry, said that five crew members and three army soldiers were killed in the crash.
Waziri blamed a technical problem which “caused the helicopter to catch fire and hit the ground”, according to The Associated Press news agency.